Word Meanings - ARCHIL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. A violet dye obtained from several species of lichen (Roccella tinctoria, etc.), which grow on maritime rocks in the Canary and Cape Verd Islands, etc. Tomlinson.

Related words: (words related to ARCHIL)

• TINCTORIAL
  Of or relating to color or colors; imparting a color; as, tinctorial matter. Ure.
• OBTAINABLE
  Capable of being obtained.
• LICHENIFORM
  Having the form of a lichen.
• SPECIES
  A group of individuals agreeing in common attributes, and designated by a common name; a conception subordinated to another conception, called a genus, or generic conception, from which it differs in containing or comprehending more attributes,
• WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
  Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
• CANARY BIRD
  A small singing bird of the Finch family , a native of the Canary Islands. It was brought to Europe in the 16th century, and made a household pet. It generally has a yellowish body with the wings and tail greenish, but in its wild state it is more
• WHICH
  the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who.
• SEVERALITY
  Each particular taken singly; distinction. Bp. Hall.
• SEVERALLY
  Separately; distinctly; apart from others; individually. There must be an auditor to check and revise each severally by itself. De Quincey.
• SEVERAL
  1. Separate; distinct; particular; single. Each several ship a victory did gain. Dryden. Each might his several province well command, Would all but stoop to what they understand. Pope. 2. Diverse; different; various. Spenser. Habits and faculties,
• CANARY
  1. Of or pertaining to the Canary Islands; as, canary wine; canary birds. 2. Of a pale yellowish color; as, Canary stone. Canary grass, a grass of the genus Phalaris , producing the seed used as food for canary birds. -- Canary stone , a yellow
• LICHENOGRAPHIC; LICHENOGRAPHICAL
  Of or pertaining to lichenography.
• LICHENIN
  A substance isomeric with starch, extracted from several species of moss and lichen, esp. from Iceland moss.
• SEVERALTY
  A state of separation from the rest, or from all others; a holding by individual right. Forests which had never been owned in severalty. Bancroft. Estate in severalty , an estate which the tenant holds in his own right, without being joined in
• VIOLET-TIP
  A very handsome American butterfly . Its wings are mottled with various shades of red and brown and have violet tips.
• LICHENIC
  Of, pertaining to, or obtained from, lichens. Lichenic acid. An organic acid, C14H24O3 obtained from Iceland moss. An old name of fumaric acid.
• LICHENOGRAPHY
  A description of lichens; the science which illustrates the natural history of lichens.
• ROCKSUCKER
  A lamprey.
• OBTAIN
  1. To hold; to keep; to possess. His mother, then, is mortal, but his Sire He who obtains the monarchy of heaven. Milton. 2. To get hold of by effort; to gain possession of; to procure; to acquire, in any way. Some pray for riches; riches they
• LICHENOLOGY
  The science which treats of lichens.
• REOBTAINABLE
  That may be reobtained.
• REOBTAIN
  To obtain again.
• ULTRAVIOLET
  Lying outside the visible spectrum at its violet end; -- said of rays more refrangible than the extreme violet rays of the spectrum.
• WATER VIOLET
  See VIOLET